Project Grant 1610R16010

The Bannock County Fuels Reduction Project is a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program. The purpose of this project is to work with Bannock County, Idaho to complete hazardous fuels reduction treatments on 550 acres of both private and federal land identified as high-risk areas in the local Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Key activities include administration, mapping,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to Big Bend Telephone Company Inc., a for-profit telecommunications provider in Alpine, TX. This federal grant funding will support the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services to expand high-speed internet connectivity in underserved rural areas. The award has a performance period from August 8, 2023 to August 8, 2025....

This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the H-1B Job Training Grants program (CFDA 17.268). The purpose of the grant is to prepare a skilled workforce to improve and upgrade broadband infrastructure in 34 counties in Idaho, including many designated as rural areas. The funded activities will include pre-apprenticeship training to develop general broadband infrastructure skills, as well as a...

This $270,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration will fund the Salamatof Native Association, Inc. to conduct a broadband planning study in partnership with the Salamatof Tribe. The study will analyze best uses for previously awarded tribal spectrum and partner with stakeholders to design a regional broadband infrastructure project. The planning study aims to expand broadband access and adoption on Tribal lands through the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund $485,000 to Iowa State University for collaborative research on spectrum sharing for rural broadband access. The research team will conduct preliminary studies and field trials at the Advanced Research for Rural Broadband Living Lab in Iowa to develop electromagnetic spectrum sharing methods appropriate for rural areas. Initial work will focus on enhancing control and communications of unmanned aircraft systems and integrating...

The federal Project Grant award of $4,288,118 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863). The funding will support Direct Communications Rockland, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Rockland, Idaho, to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Rockland that currently lack...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID 2560IF2407, was provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The $56,232,784.75 grant aims to re-establish U.S. leadership in the Radio Unit (RU) market for Very-Large-Array (VLA) Massive Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MIMO) Open Radio Units (O-RUs). The key activities funded include: 1) Developing and commercializing two VLA O-RU...

This $9,960,960 Project Grant awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) aims to develop a wideband, spectrally agile and scalable radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) and transceiver for future commercial, defense, and research applications. The key activities include designing and fabricating the RFIC, developing modular and flexible massive MIMO software-defined...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded Airspan Networks Inc. a $47,952,833.22 federal Project Grant under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The grant funding will support Airspan's efforts to accelerate the development and expansion of its AIRU 2750 CAT A radio unit (RU) platform, a power-efficient, high-performing RU product line designed to quickly deliver multiple variants based on mobile network operator...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded Skylark Wireless, LLC a $10,118,112.09 project grant under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The grant aims to integrate and scale Eridan's direct polar switch-mode transmitter in gallium nitride (GaN) technology within a 5G new radio (NR) massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system prototype. The key activities include prototype design, fabrication, and field...